§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Energy what is his estimate of the average per ton cost of pumping oil from the Forties field at the current rate of production on an historic cost basis; and how this compares with a similar pipeline constructed on a current cost basis.
§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will publish the relative costs for the transport of oil to the United Kingdom by ships and by pipeline.
§ Mr. GrayThe most suitable method of transporting to shore oil produced at a United Kingdom continental shelf offshore oilfield depends on several factors including the size and location of the field. Information relating to costs for particular fields is commercially confidential.